The Dialectics of State Capitalism: Writings on Marxist Theory, 1940-1956

by C.L.R. James, Scott McLemee (Editor)

Admirers of C.L.R. James have long known that he developed a theory of the Soviet Union as a state capitalist society. But his most important writings on the topic have long been unobtainable. This volume aims to change that. C.L.R. James (1901–1989) was a novelist, activist, and political theorist who worked with Leon Trotsky, Richard Wright, and Kwame Nkrumah. He wrote The Black Jacobins , helped create a network of pan-African organizers, and served as a delegate to the founding congress of the Fourth International. Scott McLemee is the editor of C.L.R. James and "the Negro Question ." He received the National Book Critics Circle's award for excellence in reviewing in 2004 and has served on the NBCC board of directors.

450 pages, Paperback

First published July 17, 2012

About the author

C. L. R. James (1901–1989), a Trinidadian historian, political activist, and writer, is the author of The Black Jacobins, an influential study of the Haitian Revolution and the classic book on sport and culture, Beyond a Boundary. His play Toussaint Louverture: The Story of the Only Successful Slave Revolt in History was recently discovered in the archives and published Duke University Press.

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